BIT/CARE Framework Certification

Learn the knowledge, skills, protocols, and best practices to effectively participate in or lead a BIT/CARE team

Behavioral Intervention Teams (BIT) and Campus Assessment, Response & Evaluation (CARE) teams play a critical role in ensuring safety, support, and early intervention in schools, workplaces, and organizations. This certification course equips you with the knowledge, skills, and protocols to effectively participate in or lead a BIT/CARE team.

​Numerous fields of study, including psychology, education, and security studies, have looked at the issue of targeted and mission-oriented violence and have come to the same conclusion about the solution – diverse, multidisciplinary, collaborative teams that can identify concerning behaviors early and implement strategies to reduce the triggers for escalation and increase protective, supportive, and mitigating elements around the individual at risk.

DPrep Safety has developed 35 standards for these teams. The central building blocks for a BIT/CARE team are directly connected to these standards, which are divided into four categories, 1) team definition (the team’s purpose and scope of activities), 2) team operations (how the team is organized to meet team goals), 3) case processing (how the team manages a case through the initial report), 4) Continuous improvement (supporting the on-going functioning of the team and ensures the membership is supervised and trained and that processes are reviewed and maintained). The standards provide a starting point that helps teams better understand the logistics required to build and operate a BIT/CARE team, based on best-practice research standards. Whether your team is well trained or just starting out, this review of BIT/CARE core concepts provides a framework for an effective team.

Group rates are available. Email bethany@dprep.com with questions.

DPREP SAFETY TEAM STANDARDS

Team definition outlines the team’s purpose and scope of activities.

• Mission
• Scope
• Name
• Team process
• Membership
• Multiple teams

Team operation defines how the team is organized to meet team goals.

• Frequency of meetings
• Leadership
• Budget
• Policies & procedures
• Cultural awareness
• Disability awareness
• Website
• Team presentation
• Other marketing

Case processing describes how the team manages a case through the initial report, contextual information gathering, risk assessment, interventions, and documentation.

• Receiving concerns
• Concern forms
• Information standards
• Information sharing
• Case discussion
• Level of risk
• Violence risk assessments
• Psychological assessments
• Interventions
• Bias mitigation
• Case management
• Record keeping
• Database utilization

Continuous improvement supports the team's ongoing functioning, ensures the membership is supervised and trained, and reviews and maintains processes.

• Supervision & guidance
• Training & development
• Case evaluation
• End-of-term reports
• After-action reports
• Needs assessment
• Stress management